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land tax records of Hancock County, MS show that Lott McArthur paid taxes in the years 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, and 1842. From the Will of his wife, it was learned that the family owned 80 acres of land near the Pearl River. The legal description was: the SE XA of the NE Vi and the NE Vi of the SW XA of Section 12, Township 7, Range 16 West, Hancock County. While Lott owned land of his own, it seems that he and his family actually lived with his parents until his death. Having no home of their own, could account for why Marcelline and her children were living with another family in the 1850 census after Lott’s death. Additional proof of this is in the 1840 Hancock census. The home of James McArthur, Sr. contains additional people, to include two young females “under age 5.” These were positively not sisters of Lott, leading us to believe these were his children. The fact that Lott does not show up in the 1840 census, as head of a household, further leads us to believe he was living with his parents that year.
While we do not have a marriage record for Lott McArthur and Marcelline Celeste D’auby, the archivist at St. Louis Cathedral gave us a date of August 3, 1831 for their marriage. She got it from a co-worker, Paul Bernard, who could not remember the source. While it fits perfect with the birth of their first child in 1833, it can not be cited in this paper. We have found the baptism records for four of their children. These records clearly name Lott’s wife as Marcelline Celeste D’auby. The names are misspelled as “Lake” or “Loth” for Lott and “Mcarty” or “Mccarthy” for McArthur. These records also name Lott’s parents as James McArthur and Celia Lott with the typical misspellings.
Anyway, Lott met what appears to be an early death from some sort of unknown illness or injury. From information supplied by Mr. Ernest McArthur, grandson of Lott McArthur, Jr., it has been determined that Lott McArthur, Sr. died in or around the year 1845. Ernest, who remembers his grandfather well, says he remembers the old man telling of how “his father,” died when he (Lott Jr.) was only a small infant. This seems to be accurate because we know Lott Jr. was bom in 1845 and Marcelline McArthur was living without a husband in 1850.
Lott is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the old abandoned “Mill Creek Cemetery” by the old James McArthur, Sr.’s homestead near Gainesville, MS. This information was told to us by an older descendant, Cassey Moran (now deceased), who was familiar with that area. From all indications, Lott was a Protestant but may have become a Catholic at the time he married Marcelline D’auby.
What appears to be the entire family of Lott and Marcelline McArthur is listed in the 1850 Hancock census as follows (all born in Mississippi): Marcelline age 37, James 17, Solomon 16, Elizabeth 14, Celeste 12, Thomas 9, and Lott age 4. The following are the children of Lott McArthur and Marcelline Celeste D’auby:
A.	James Lott “Jim” McArthur - according to his baptism record in St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA, he was bom on November 1, 1833. The Hancock County marriage records show he married Eliza Jane Pittman on April 8, 1857. When his mother’s estate was being settled in 1858, James was released as guardian to his younger siblings because he was “leaving the state” (see Hancock County Probate Book #1, p. 371). His uncle, Louis Doby’s estate settlement in 1867 (Deed Book G, p. 264), states that a share goes to James and his wife in Rapides Parish, LA. In December
1975,	we contacted Mr. Willard McArthur of Glenmora, LA. He is the son of Albert McArthur and grandson of this James McArthur. He said his grandfather lived in a
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